Brisbane Times | Battling Bill Shorten is 'hopelessly out of his depth' The Australian Jared Owens is a political reporter based in Canberra. He has previously worked at The Australian's Sydney and Brisbane bureaus. https://plus.google.com/116039583906467076146. Bill Shorten's scare campaign over an alleged government plan to impose ... Bill Shorten'quip on lettuce leaves the vegetable starring in national debate Bill Shorten says increased GST 'just a bad idea', brushes off criticism of ... Bill Shorten's not giving up his GST fight, vowing to take it to the election |